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10 Language-to-English DictionariesPredictable
/prɪˈdɪk.tə.bəl/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Capable of being foreseen, known, or forecasted beforehand.
"The outcome of the experiment was entirely predictable based on previous trials." - 2
Behaving in a way that is expected; lacking surprise or originality.
"His reaction to the criticism was completely predictable."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the verb 'predict', originating from Latin 'praedicere', meaning 'to foretell or make known beforehand' (from 'prae-' before + 'dicere' to say). The suffix '-able' was added in the late 17th century to form adjectives denoting capability or susceptibility.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Predictable" is said worldwide
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prévisible
Transliteration: prévisible
"Le résultat de l'élection était tout à fait prévisible."
vorhersehbar
Transliteration: vorhersehbar
"Das Ergebnis dieses Spiels war völlig vorhersehbar."
prevedibile
Transliteration: prevedibile
"La sua reazione era del tutto prevedibile."
previsible
Transliteration: previsible
"El final de la película fue muy previsible."
previsível
Transliteration: previsível
"O comportamento dele é totalmente previsível."
अनुमेय
Transliteration: anumeya
"उसकी प्रतिक्रिया पूरी तरह से अनुमेय थी।"
可预测的
Transliteration: kě yù cè de
"这个结果是完全可预测的。"
예측 가능한
Transliteration: yecheuk ganeunghan
"그의 반응은 완전히 예측 가능했다."
予測可能な
Transliteration: yosoku kanou na
"その映画の結末は非常に予測可能だった。"
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